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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) An uncountable amount.
(c) A type of soil.
(d) The sparkling of a diamond.

2. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) Christ.
(b) The air.
(c) The speaker.
(d) The windhover.

3. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Christina Rossetti.

4. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?
(a) Eye.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Slant.

5. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Awe.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?

2. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

4. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

5. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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